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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

"Fox, however, is not improving — in fact, it’s getting worse."

...................................................................................................................................................................COMMENTS:* These observations are simply more evidence proving the formal findings by the U of Maryland and Farleigh Dickerson U. Fox viewers are by far the least informed voters. * So drinking the kool-aid at Fox is working on some idiots for sure..when they can post that EVERY OTHER NEWS SOURCE IS GARBAGE..Makes me sick that people really believe this Fox nonsense are facts.* It's a well know fact that Fox is not even a news program. They do entertainment. They don't have to worry about such things as facts or telling the truth. So enjoy it all you want, but remember you are not watching the news.* Don't care that what they are telling you is 60% lies? You're ignorant and damn proud!? You have my sympathy.* You can choose not to watch fox news...you can't choose to not have to live with ill informed mindless trolls though. Also I would be willing to bet your 20 democrats on a day would be rated Pants on fire. Also having a democrat on and then yelling over them and threatening to cut off their mic...does not count. Also putting a light weight Human Straw man on does not count as well. I don't care that Fox is Right wing, I care that its horribly inaccurate and a mouthpiece for one party.And before you say one word about CNN or NBC...I don't care...we are not talking about their issues....admit Fox is bad...What others may or may not do has no effect on if Fox news does its job well.
...................................................................................................................................................................‘Pants On Fire’: Analysis Shows 60% Of Fox News ‘Facts’ Are Really LiesFox News leads the major TV networks in broadcasting lies, but that doesn’t mean CNN or MSNBC are far behind.
By MintPress News Desk, May 12, 2015

Analysis of Fox News suggests that the TV news network is a leader in lying to the American public, beating out CNN and MSNBC for the amount of falsehoods broadcasted.

Criticizing the accuracy of Fox News is not a new pursuit — comedians like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert built substantial portions of their career out of spotlighting the network’s lies and misdirection. Stewart is so well-known as an opponent that he made headlines in March for admitting Fox had actually been correct in one, specific instance.

Fox News’ falsehoods gained particular notoriety in the wake of Islamic-extremist terrorist attacks in Europe earlier this year, when Fox began claiming that neighborhoods and even entire cities were off-limits to non-Muslims. Fans of Fox continue to repeat the claim, even though it’s been debunked by everyone from local residents of these regions to British Prime Minister David Cameron. The controversy gave rise to the Twitter hashtag #foxnewsfacts, which is still popular today.

U.S. has conducted air strikes. U.S. does not conduct air strikes. Either way they are covered. #FoxNewsFacts pic.twitter.com/OzkLZQ8kPs— Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) May 8, 2015

Punditfact divides Fox’s on-air falsehoods into categories, from claims that are mostly false (21 percent), those that were completely false (31 percent), and the most blatant lies, which are termed “Pants On Fire” (9 percent).

But Fox News is not the only network blurring the lines between fact and fiction. A combined scorecard for MSNBC and NBC shows that Punditfact found 44 percent of the news broadcast by those networks was at least “mostly false” or worse. CNN got the best grades on their scorecard, with 80 percent of their reports deemed at least “half true.”

Punditfact warns that these scorecards are based only on analysis of selected claims, not a statistically accurate survey: “We use our news judgment to pick the facts we’re going to check, so we certainly don’t fact-check everything. And we don’t fact-check the five network groups evenly.”

Even so, the Punditfact score cards show that while it is a myth that courts upheld Fox News’ right to lie, it can hardly be considered a reliable news outfit. Despite this fact, Fox routinely ranks as the top TV news network in terms of viewership, based on Nielsen statistics, causing irreparable harm to public perception of events.

In March, Jon Stewart compared this effect to blindness caused by a solar eclipse.“It’s recommended you only watch Fox through a tiny pinhole poked in a piece of cardboard,” quipped Stewart. “You can’t look directly at Fox. It will indelibly burn your soul!”
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